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Hi All,
I have a desktop report which is deployed to the report server ( not services). The backend data source is a SQL Server database (VIEW). The report takes 2-3 minutes to refresh. The VIEW keeps growing everyday. The old records do not change, I mean the underlying tables do not do any UPDATE, it is just INSERT. Is there a way when the user clicks on the refresh , it just refreshes the new rows? I know it won't work that way , but just curious if there is a workaround.
Thanks
Hi @amybirc77
Please check the video for incremental refresh. It will resolved your issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfJXmfUXgu0&t=451s
I hope I answered your question!
Thanks, I have 2 dates createdate and modify date and i need to refresh based off both the dates how is that possible?
Thanks
Hi @amybirc77
you can apply incremental refresh on single date. which ever upatated on daily basis. dont add on both dates in single table.
@Uzi2019 sorry for changing the goal posgt, here is the new requirement based off the incoming data, we are getting ID,PAYEYEAR,PAYMONTH. For example
ID=96131A0205
PAYEAR= 2023 going forward
PAYMONTH= 1 TO 12
We get files on the first day of the month which get loaded into SQL Server table , this has YEAR and month only so need to refresh based on CURRENT_DATE-Month=1
Is that possible?
Thanks
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